Los Angeles - Original Stone 002

Special Collection: Pallasite Meteorites

The most famous of the meteorite hunters! Harvey Nininger is considered the father of American Meteorites - He and his wife Addie started what is now the Meteortical Society - Photo courtesy Al Mitterling

Date: 05/03/09

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Admire - 1.06 grams

Our small piece of the Admire pallasite was once a part of Harvey Ninerger's collection - it is classified as a pallasite - main group

Date: 05/03/09

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Admire - 1.06 grams

A major portion of Harvey Nininger's collection was purchased by Arizona State University at Tempe back in the 1960s - our sample of Admire was a part of that sale!

Date: 01/01/00

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Map of Belarus

In 1807, in the southeast corner of Belarus, two meteorite masses of 80 kg and 20 kg were found by farmers of Kaporenki, a village in the district of Bragin

Date: 04/14/09

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Brahin - 4.7 grams

Brahin - 4.7 grams

Date: 01/01/00

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Brahin - 4.7 grams

Brahin - 4.7 grams

Date: 01/01/00

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Chernobyl Reactor

The Brahin strewnfield was contaminated in 1986 during the Chernobyl disaster and now falls within the Periodic Control Zone

Date: 04/14/09

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Brahin - 3.61 grams

Brahin - 3.61 grams

Date: 01/01/00

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Brahin - 3.61 grams

Brahin - 3.61 grams

Date: 01/01/00

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Dr. Alex Ruzicka and the Brahin Pallasite

Dr. Ruzicka is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geology at Portland State University, and the Director of the Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory - courtesy pdx.edu